Word: gentlefolk
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...respectably. Interesting and tense situations develop as the parents attempt to conceal their past relations from their true husband and wife. The girl's marriage to a mechanic is opposed but finally consent is gained from her guardian who is her father on condition that after six months among gentlefolk, her mind be unchanged. The mechanic holds her love to the end. The chief problem and development in the play is the concealment of the secret of the parents, its sudden revelation and the consequent forgiving of the guilty two. It is, in a way, an arraigment and condemnation...